Abstract
The importance of technological innovation in health care is due to the historical ascendancy of scientific medicine over other therapies. Scientific medicine in turn was strengthened through an alliance between professional elites and corporate interests. That alliance has been destabilized by developments in health care politics, by changes in industrial structures and by alterations in democratic politics. The medical goods industries remain powerful lobbies, but they operate in an increasingly competitive lobbying environment.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 573-594 |
| Number of pages | 21 |
| Journal | British Journal of Political Science |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Publication status | Published - Oct 1997 |
